Lady Cougars, Fillies handed first losses

ELLEN F. O'CONNELL/Staff Photographer
Lake-Lehman's Brit Meeker scores the game's first run as Hazleton Area catcher Hope Kinney waits for the throw during their Wyoming Valley Conference softball game on Monday in Hazle Township.

After opening the season with four consecutive wins, the Hazleton Area girls softball team dropped its first game Monday to Lake-Lehman, 3-2.

It was a rough day for local teams, as all six who saw action came out on the losing end.

Pinchorski struck out 12, fanning five of the last six Fillie batters. Pinchorski recorded eight strikeouts against the bottom of Marian's order. Pinchorski also finished with three hits, with Doyle adding a pair of singles.

Leading just 2-1 entering the fifth inning, Williams Valley strung together four hits to accompany a sacrifice, an error and a walk to push across five runs.

cause with two base hits, including a triple, four runs scored, five RBI and one stolen base in a crossover game shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.

Karley Spangler added two singles and two RBI for the Lady Raiders. Gabby Long contributed a two-run single.

Kristen Florio rapped a double and single and drove in the Lady Devils' only run. Teammates Caitlyn Harrington, Arianna Mentusky and Marissa Szczyglak added a single apiece.

SVHS..............001 00 - 1 5 1

LRHS .............133 5x - 12 9 1

W - Klembara. L - Petrushonis.

â Schuylkill Haven 4, Mahanoy Area 2 - At Schuylkill Haven, Emma Schweigert drove home all four runs, including a game-clinching two-run home run in the fifth inning, for Schuylkill Haven (4-5, 2-2) in its Division II-III crossover victory over Mahanoy Area (2-3, 2-3).

Schweigert also homered in the third inning for another of her three hits. The other was an RBI single in the fourth.

Pitcher Johannah Bilansky scattered five Mahanoy Area hits, all singles, and struck out seven.

Erin Davidson hit an RBI single for the Lady Bears.

MAHS....000 101 0 - 2 5 1

SHHS....101 020 x - 4 6 3

Bruce and Leshko; Bilansky and Schweigert.

W - Bilansky. L - Bruce.

â Minersville 15, Weatherly 0 - At Minersville, Freshman Adrienne Kroznuskie tossed a one-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two walks to lead Minersville (4-1, 3-1) to a Division II-III victory over the Lady Wreckers (1-4, 0-4).

Kroznuskie allowed only a second-inning single by the Wreckers' Kelly Parker.

Kroznuskie also helped the offense with a two-run home run in the winners' six-run first inning and a triple. Jayme Kerrigan added two hits and four RBIs and Sarah Nawrocki hit a two-run single. Rachel Sterner, Maura Bentz, Allison Polinsky and Meg Schwalm each added two hits for the Battlin' Miners.

WHS....000 0 - 0 1 1

MHS....635 1 - 15 15 0

Parker, Caravella (3) and Maiello; Kroznuskie and Woodford.

W - Kroznuskie. L - Parker.

Karissa Elser was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and a pair of RBIs for Blue Mountain.

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